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Tiger with COVID-19 euthanized at Swedish zoo: report
Source: Xinhua| 2021-01-27 01:08:24|Editor: huaxia
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A tiger has been put to sleep at a Swedish zoo after it fell ill with the coronavirus, national public television SVT reported on Tuesday.
Two lions at the same zoo have also been confirmed infected, while more animals have displayed symptoms.
The assumption is the animals at Boras Zoo in southwestern Sweden were infected by employees, as several of the zookeepers have had COVID-19 symptoms and three have been tested positive for the virus, the report said.
The 17-year-old female Siberian tiger Nastasja was euthanized when she lost her appetite and her condition deteriorated.
On Jan. 13, Swedish National Veterinary Institute discovered Nastasja was infected by COVID-19. A male tiger kept in the same enclosure has also displayed mild symptoms.
A group of lions kept in the same building have also displayed signs of mild infection, and the virus has been confirmed in two cases.
"This is the first known case of (COVID infected) felines in Sweden," Karl Stahl, a veterinary epidemiologist at the veterinary institute, told SVT News.
....:tiphat:http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/27/c_139699702.htm
Source: Xinhua| 2021-01-27 01:08:24|Editor: huaxia
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A tiger has been put to sleep at a Swedish zoo after it fell ill with the coronavirus, national public television SVT reported on Tuesday.
Two lions at the same zoo have also been confirmed infected, while more animals have displayed symptoms.
The assumption is the animals at Boras Zoo in southwestern Sweden were infected by employees, as several of the zookeepers have had COVID-19 symptoms and three have been tested positive for the virus, the report said.
The 17-year-old female Siberian tiger Nastasja was euthanized when she lost her appetite and her condition deteriorated.
On Jan. 13, Swedish National Veterinary Institute discovered Nastasja was infected by COVID-19. A male tiger kept in the same enclosure has also displayed mild symptoms.
A group of lions kept in the same building have also displayed signs of mild infection, and the virus has been confirmed in two cases.
"This is the first known case of (COVID infected) felines in Sweden," Karl Stahl, a veterinary epidemiologist at the veterinary institute, told SVT News.
....:tiphat:http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/27/c_139699702.htm
